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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?
(a) Pink.
(b) White.
(c) Gray.
(d) Yellow.

2. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.
(a) Conservation.
(b) Colonialism.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Fatalism.

3. Where is Pacific cod found?
(a) Off Alaska.
(b) Off the coast of Chile.
(c) Near Baja California.
(d) Off the coast of Northern California.

4. The Newfoundland lawyer who took up the cause of inshore fishermen is named _____.
(a) Jason Cabot.
(b) John Cabuto.
(c) Calen Marquis.
(d) Cabot Martin.

5. Which British foreign secretary commented on the third Cod War saying that both sides have shown valor, but there was no need to show virility?
(a) Robin Cook.
(b) David Miliband.
(c) James Callaghan.
(d) Anthony Crosland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

2. What was one of the reasons the U.S. bought Alaska from the Russians?

3. The Cod Wars started in the middle of what other war?

4. St. John's has _____ architecture.

5. What was the original name of John Cabot?

(see the answer key)

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